India vs Sri Lanka one day series : Zaheer Khan joins the select band of bowlers who have dismissed a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions
WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match providing the 54th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games.
It was the third occasion for Zaheer Khan to dismiss a batsman by the first ball of the match. The other two occasions are – MS Sinclair of New Zealand at Col-RPS in 2001 and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS in 2002-03
Zaheer Khan became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to dimisss a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions. Others are WPUJC Vaas {05}, Wasim Akram {04}, CJ McDermott {03} and SM Pollock {03}
| No | Batsman | Bowler | Match | Venue | Year |
| 1 | SCGanguly | WPUJCVaas | Ind/Srl | Mumbai | 1997 |
| 2 | CJNevin | WPUJCVaas | NZl/Srl | Sharjah | 2000/01 |
| 3 | VSehwag | WPUJCVaas | Ind/Srl | ColSSC | 2001 |
| 4 | DDEbrahim | WPUJCVaas | Zim/Srl | ColSSC | 2001/02 |
| 5 | HannanSarkar | WPUJCVaas | Ban/Srl | PMburg | 2002/03 |
| 1 | AFlower | WasimAkram | Zim/Pak | Karachi | 1993/94 |
| 2 | ACParore | WasimAkram | NZl/Pak | Auckland | 2000/01 |
| 3 | ACGilchrist | WasimAkram | Aus/Pak | Mel’one/CS | 2002 |
| 4 | HHGibbs | WasimAkram | SAF/Pak | Tangier | 2002 |
| 1 | JGBracewell | CJMcDermott | NZl/Aus | Adelaide | 1985/86 |
| 2 | JGWright | CJMcDermott | NZl/Aus | Auckland | 1991/92 |
| 3 | RSMahanama | CJMcDermott | Srl/Aus | ColRPS | 1992 |
| 1 | PAWallace | SMPollock | Win/SAF | ELondon | 1998/99 |
| 2 | ACGilchrist | SMPollock | Aus/SAF | Melbourne | 2001/02 |
| 3 | ACGilchrist | SMPollock | Aus/SAF | Brisbane | 2005/06 |
| 1 | MSSinclair | ZaheerKhan | NZl/Ind | ColRPS | 2001 |
| 2 | STJayasuriya | ZaheerKhan | Srl/Ind | ColRPS | 2002/03 |
| 3 | WUTharanga | ZaheerKhan | Srl/Ind | Delhi | 2009/10 |